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2003-04: Placed sixth at Big Ten Championships to earn qualification to NCAA Tournament as a freshman ... Recorded seven pins ... Was 4-7 against ranked opponents ... Pinned ninth-seeded Cory Cooperman of Lehigh in the first round of the NCAA Tournament in 26 seconds ... Also had upset win over No. 9 Coyte Cooper of Indiana in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament ... Went 4-4 in Big Ten dual action ... Helped the Illini defeat Big Ten opponent Penn State by pinning #19 Dewitt Driscoll in overtime ... Placed eighth at the Midlands, defeating #10 Anthony Coleman of CSU ... Competed in the Missouri Open and the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational ... First year as starter at 141 pounds.
2002-03: Redshirt season ... Went a perfect 10-0 with three pins in three tournaments ... Took first place in the freshman/sophomore division of both the Missouri Open and UNI Open and at the USA Championships in April.
HIGH SCHOOL: Four-time State Champion .. 2002 High School National Champion ... Freestyle Cadet National champion ... Named the Dave Schultz Excellence Award Winner for the southeast ... 2000 Beast of the East champion ... Four-time letter winner for wrestling ... High school was state champion in 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2002 and was named Wrestling USA Dream Team in 2002.
PERSONAL: Born April 6, 1984 ... Full name is David Michael Martin, Jr. ... Parents are David Martin and Susan Stageberg ... Father was a four-time high school state champion ... Has one brother ... Uncle and high school coach Steve Martin, wrestled for Mark Johnson at Iowa ... Undecided in college major ... Hobbies include singing and surfing ... Plays in a band and does acoustic guitar recording ... Fighting Illini hero is Carl Perry ... Father influenced career most by being a role model ... Favorite athlete is Cael Sanderson ... Plans on being a doctor or coach after school ... Was an honor roll student in high school.
MARTIN'S CAREER STATS
Year W L F Big Ten NCAA 2003-04 16 18 7 6th DNP Total 16 18 7
